Apple Adds TED Talks, Tastemade, Young Hollywood Channels to Apple TV

Apple added three new channels to the Apple TV today including: TED Talks, Tastemade, and Young Hollywood.

TED TalksTED is on Apple TV. In our beautifully designed new Apple TV channel, you can watch TED’s full library of talks (1900+ of them and counting) and our expanding collection of playlists (more than 200 of them, from “Architectural inspiration” to “Talks to watch when every conceivable bad thing has just happened to you”). When you finish a talk or playlist, another is instantly queued up for you, for proper binge-ability.

Perhaps the coolest feature: Apple TV now links with your TED.com profile, so you can queue up talks you want to watch later. Let’s say you see our TED Talk of the Day online while you’re at work, but you don’t have time to check it out. Hit the “Watch later” button (it looks like a little watch face), and it will be waiting for you on your Apple TV when you get home.

TastemadeWith today’s launch, Tastemade now provides hundreds of episodes of its premium original programming to millions of Apple TV users. Tastemade does not require authentication and offers instant access to its large, HD library of food and travel programming at anytime and anywhere around the globe.

To complement its Apple TV roll out, Tastemade also announced the launch of apps on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that allow consumers to watch Tastemade programming anytime and anywhere they choose. The channel includes free and ad-supported content.

Young HollywoodYoung Hollywood today announced the launch of its premium, celebrity-focused programming on Apple TV. The network built for millennials is available exclusively on Apple TV, providing Apple TV users around the world a new way to experience one-of-a-kind celebrity-focused and lifestyle content.

Young Hollywood on Apple TV will premiere seven new original half-hour series this month totaling over 100 episodes. After the initial launch, Young Hollywood will continue to regularly debut new series on Apple TV, including the launch of a new weekly flagship entertainment news show “Young Hollywood Now.”

Young Hollywood plans to expand its brand beyond the celebrity interview format and will be developing original programming across multiple genres – including reality, scripted series, animation, specials and documentaries targeting the millennial audience. From news, entertainment and music to sports, beauty/fashion, food and lifestyle, the programming lineup will offer immediate access to on-demand content that spans a wide range of passions and interests.

Apple has been adding content to its media streaming device at a steady pace with HBO Now set to go live next month.

The company is also rumored to be readying a new device which will offer customers the ability to subscribe to a skinny bundle of cable television channels.